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>> guest: kerry greenwood, a farmer in pennsylvania. his story about how fracking has affected his life and the people he knows. it was fascinating to talk to him. >> host: how did you find them in pennsylvania when you live in california? >> guest: we research people in his name kept coming up. he had been so many interviews and youtube videos that he is an expert on the subject. >> host: what do you plan to do next with the videography part of better from the transfix? >> guest: hopefully we can talk to the local city officials and our city and have been regulate the transfix happening two miles away from our house. >> host: what are you planning to do with the $5000 how does your school when? >> guest: with the $5000, we are putting it to attribute the three of us will go on was to graduate from high school. our school is recognizing eyes. they get the money to spend on video cameras. everyone is excited and we can tell people are part of us. >> host: congratulations to you, michaela and sir for your grand prize when of studentcam 20
>> guest: kerry greenwood, a farmer in pennsylvania. his story about how fracking has affected his life and the people he knows. it was fascinating to talk to him. >> host: how did you find them in pennsylvania when you live in california? >> guest: we research people in his name kept coming up. he had been so many interviews and youtube videos that he is an expert on the subject. >> host: what do you plan to do next with the videography part of better from the transfix?...
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secretary kerry was in kiev yesterday. he is in paris today. there was a nato meeting yesterday and another nato osce is sending representatives. has had one security council meeting, i suspect there will be more. and other activities along the diplomatic and economic front. directed theweek i department of defense to suspend all not terry to military engagement and exercises with russia. , that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians and russians and the other. the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. it is an area that i visited a few weeks ago and augmenting our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic and insulin. [indiscernible] think everyone on this committee knows and i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago. this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership. it is a time for all of us to stand with the ukrainian people and we're doing that.
secretary kerry was in kiev yesterday. he is in paris today. there was a nato meeting yesterday and another nato osce is sending representatives. has had one security council meeting, i suspect there will be more. and other activities along the diplomatic and economic front. directed theweek i department of defense to suspend all not terry to military engagement and exercises with russia. , that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians...
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i note secretary. -- i know secretary kerry was on the verge of announcing something. we keep hearing that. we have private conversations with others. there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that -- there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that is causing assad to negotiate his leadership away from syria? said, reality, as you without change in assad's calculation and change on the balance on the ground, it is impossible you will see the dramatic progress, whether in geneva or anyplace else. at waysooking actively where we can step up our own support for the moderate opposition, which is had it's more -- which has had more of challenges in the last years. we are working more effectively with our partners. >> are we thinking about lethal support, when we have people dropping barrel bombs? are we thinking about doing something to diminish their ability to do that? there have been debates about , having actualt military training, adding actual military -- not our boots on the ground, but getting weaponry to moderates? are we still lookin
i note secretary. -- i know secretary kerry was on the verge of announcing something. we keep hearing that. we have private conversations with others. there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that -- there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that is causing assad to negotiate his leadership away from syria? said, reality, as you without change in assad's calculation and change on the balance on the ground, it is impossible you will see the dramatic progress,...
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that is why want to thank the indomitable john kerry. new york and tel aviv, those are the cities that never sleep. john kerry is definitely the city -- secretary of state that never sleeps. [applause] i have got the bags under my eyes to prove it. we are working together literally day and night to seek a door both these, -- a durable peace, and the mutual recognition of two nationstates. [applause] israel is the nationstate of the jewish people. with the civil rights of all citizens, and jews and non-jews alike, are guaranteed. the land of israel is worthy identity of the jewish people was forged. it was there were jacob dreamed his dreams. it was in jerusalem where david rolled his kingdom. we never forget that, but it is time the palestinians stop denying history. [applause] just as israel is prepared to recognize a palestinian state, the palestinians must be prepared to recognize a jewish state. [applause] the president recognized the jewish state and in doing so, yourould be telling people, the palestinians, that while we might have
that is why want to thank the indomitable john kerry. new york and tel aviv, those are the cities that never sleep. john kerry is definitely the city -- secretary of state that never sleeps. [applause] i have got the bags under my eyes to prove it. we are working together literally day and night to seek a door both these, -- a durable peace, and the mutual recognition of two nationstates. [applause] israel is the nationstate of the jewish people. with the civil rights of all citizens, and jews...
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as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners and with the i.m.f. to build international support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine's economy. and today we announced a significant package of our own to support the ukraine's economy and to also provide them with the technical assistance they need. it includes a plan loan guarantee package of $1 billion. it provides immediate technical expertise to ukraine to repair its economy. importantly, it provides for assistance to help ukraine plan for elections that are going to be coming up very soon. as i said yesterday, it is important that congress stand with us. i don't doubt the bipartisan concern that's been expressed about the situation in the ukraine. there is something immediate congress can do to help us. that is to help finance the economic package that could stabilize the economy in ukraine, help to make sure that fair and free elections take p
as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners and with the i.m.f. to build international support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine's economy. and today we announced a significant package of our own to support the ukraine's economy and to also provide them with the technical assistance they need. it includes a plan loan guarantee...
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there is a whole range of issues that john kerry mentioned yesterday. and there is a question for mr. putin, who i spoke to directly, and the question for the russian government generally is if, in fact, their concern is that the rights of all ukrainians are respected, given the fact that their primary concern is, as they have stated, that russian speakers, russian nationals are in no way harmed or abused or discriminated against, then we should be able to set up international monitors and international efforts that mediate between those parties, that is able to broker a deal that is satisfactory to the ukrainian people, not to the united states, not to russia, but to the ukrainian people, and so we need to be very specific with the russian people about how that might be done, maybe with some other international organization, and john kerry will pursue that further when he arrives, so there are relatively few paths that russia can take at this point. obviously, the facts on the ground in crimea are deeply troubling, and russia has a large army that bord
there is a whole range of issues that john kerry mentioned yesterday. and there is a question for mr. putin, who i spoke to directly, and the question for the russian government generally is if, in fact, their concern is that the rights of all ukrainians are respected, given the fact that their primary concern is, as they have stated, that russian speakers, russian nationals are in no way harmed or abused or discriminated against, then we should be able to set up international monitors and...
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kerry spoab friday with russian foreign minister sergay lavrov. quote from secretary kerry -- we raised the issue of airports, raised the issue of armored vehicles, raised the issue of personnel in various places, kerry said, and while we were told that they were not engaging in any violation of the sovereignty and do not intend to, i nevertheless made it clear that that could be misinterpreted at this moment and that there are enough tensions that it is important for everybody to be extremely careful not to inflame the situation and not to send the wrong messages. i am not making that up. so after five years of -- of believing that somehow vladimir putin was anything but what he is, we are now paying the piper. the chickens are coming home to roost. and we do we have a military option? no. but we do have a number of other options. i want to read one other article that was in the "usa today" today by jonah goldberg, "obama in denial on russia." i won't go through a lot of it about student obama, in 1983, then-columbia university student obama penn
kerry spoab friday with russian foreign minister sergay lavrov. quote from secretary kerry -- we raised the issue of airports, raised the issue of armored vehicles, raised the issue of personnel in various places, kerry said, and while we were told that they were not engaging in any violation of the sovereignty and do not intend to, i nevertheless made it clear that that could be misinterpreted at this moment and that there are enough tensions that it is important for everybody to be extremely...
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he does not have the view obviously that secretary kerry would like and how, the so-called modern view, with the balance of power was a thing of the past and we only saw in the 19th century. that's not how they view the world, and it leads me to play this is something we should be recognizing as well. i leave you with this. the real question is, we will be going through a specific measures about things that should be done here and we will discuss that in response to the question, i believe some of the details for that but i will leave you with two thoughts. the short run to me is not as important as the long run. the long run i think we need to restart rebuilding our strategic position, signal that american retrenchment is over. this will go a long way to signaling to russia and to china and other countries that is long grip and american power is going to be reversed. and the second thing we have to start thinking carefully about is we need to stop thinking of military power as a metaphor for military intervention. we used to understand very well that the deterrent force of military po
he does not have the view obviously that secretary kerry would like and how, the so-called modern view, with the balance of power was a thing of the past and we only saw in the 19th century. that's not how they view the world, and it leads me to play this is something we should be recognizing as well. i leave you with this. the real question is, we will be going through a specific measures about things that should be done here and we will discuss that in response to the question, i believe some...
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secretary of state kerry will speak to the american israel public affairs committee meeting, aipac. we will have the secretary's remarks live from the conference on our companion network c-span. those remarks are scheduled to start at 5:00 eastern time. at the pentagon -- >> internet as we know it today, bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service back in the 1930s and '40s and '50s. and what, what the courts have said and what the congress supports is if i walk in to a grocery store and i buy a gallon of milk i pay, 3.50 a gallon, if i buy 10 gallons i pay $35 a, for all 10 gallons. well, tom wheeler's fcc wants to say you can use as much milk as you want and you only have to pay 3.50. that's just wrong. if netflix is the biggest user of the internet as people download their movies, sometimes there's as much as 30% of the total volume of the internet. obviously netflix should pay more than somebody who uses the internet once a month. i'm being very simplistic but that's the genesis and these, these companies have spent billions and billions of dollars to set up their systems
secretary of state kerry will speak to the american israel public affairs committee meeting, aipac. we will have the secretary's remarks live from the conference on our companion network c-span. those remarks are scheduled to start at 5:00 eastern time. at the pentagon -- >> internet as we know it today, bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service back in the 1930s and '40s and '50s. and what, what the courts have said and what the congress supports is if i walk in to a grocery...
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secretary of state john kerry has called the russian foreign minister to express concerns. after report of pro- russian groups seizing control of two airports in ukraine's crimea region. they are urging russia against action that might be misinterpreted as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. white house press secretary jay carney responded during today's briefing. >> secretary kerry said today the u.s. is watching the activity and that it might be, quote, crossing a line. is that the administration to also be very careful in making judgments out about that. what have they done to cross the flying? >> again, we are watching to see as the secretary said, whether or not russia is doing anything that might be crossing the line in any way. we strongly support the territorial integrity and sovereignty and we expect other nations to do the same. reports of russian intervention in crimea are of deep concern to the united states as secretary kerry said ambassador rice. intervention would be a grave mistake. these reports are also inconsistent with the previous statements to the un
secretary of state john kerry has called the russian foreign minister to express concerns. after report of pro- russian groups seizing control of two airports in ukraine's crimea region. they are urging russia against action that might be misinterpreted as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. white house press secretary jay carney responded during today's briefing. >> secretary kerry said today the u.s. is watching the activity and that it might be, quote, crossing a line. is that the...
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secretary kerry, i believe he is speaking on television of are coming over this morning, to give this a step in the right direction. it would've been more beneficial if secretary of defense haeckel also visited ukraine and we should see visits by other nato and european union foreign and defense ministers to express their support for the newly established government and territorial integrity, ukraine. number two, assistance that the ukrainian economy is a disaster in many ways, the ukrainian military will require significant assistance as it is supposed of confidence in its ability to defend itself in the future, that for both the united states, nato, there's a need to assess what our ukraine's economic and self-defense requirements, and to expeditiously provide those requirements both through nato and bilateral between the united states and ukraine. just as an example in 2008 after the russia-georgia war within one month congress passed an amendment to the defense authorization bill that would provide $50 million immediately for georgia, just a down payment on the type of assistance
secretary kerry, i believe he is speaking on television of are coming over this morning, to give this a step in the right direction. it would've been more beneficial if secretary of defense haeckel also visited ukraine and we should see visits by other nato and european union foreign and defense ministers to express their support for the newly established government and territorial integrity, ukraine. number two, assistance that the ukrainian economy is a disaster in many ways, the ukrainian...
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this is courtesy of russia today. >> we have just had a meeting with john kerry regarding the situation in the ukraine and the actions that our partners are trying to undertake with the russian nato council and others. we need this kind of atmosphere and it's very difficult to work in the atmosphere of ultimatums and threats. it would be very difficult in this type of environment to stabilize the situation. we have agreed that we need to toport all ukrainians achieve -- no, to implement what was achieved on february 21. right now, we will go to the foreign ministry of france. other parties will join us including france, poland, and germany, foreign ministers who were also present when this was signed on february 21. thank you. >> secretary jack lew announced guarantees to help ukraine with its political position. testifying before the senate finance committee, he said do not makections sense. >> before a begin, let me say a few words about the situation in ukraine. territorial integrity is breached by international law. we are looking into a wide range of options including sanctions and
this is courtesy of russia today. >> we have just had a meeting with john kerry regarding the situation in the ukraine and the actions that our partners are trying to undertake with the russian nato council and others. we need this kind of atmosphere and it's very difficult to work in the atmosphere of ultimatums and threats. it would be very difficult in this type of environment to stabilize the situation. we have agreed that we need to toport all ukrainians achieve -- no, to implement...
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secretary of state john kerry will be traveling to ukraine tomorrow. as a direct counter to president obama's recent emphasis on the gap between rich and poor, a recommendation of a sweeping overhaul on head start and medicaid. page batik -- underscoring where republicans say consolidation for spending reductions are needed. >> the internet as we know it today bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service back in the 1930's and 1940's and 1950's. what the courts have said and what the congress supports is, if i walk into a grocery store and i buy a gallon of milk and i pay $3.50 per gallon, if i pie -- if i die 10 gallon, i pay $35 for all -- if i purchased 10 gallons, i pay $35 for all 10 gallons. what they are trying to say is you can use as much milk as you want and only paid $3.50. that is just wrong. sometimes when people use netflix to download their movies, sometimes the total volume is up to 30%. sometimes netflix should pay more than someone who uses the internet and -- internet once a month. these companies have spent billions and billio
secretary of state john kerry will be traveling to ukraine tomorrow. as a direct counter to president obama's recent emphasis on the gap between rich and poor, a recommendation of a sweeping overhaul on head start and medicaid. page batik -- underscoring where republicans say consolidation for spending reductions are needed. >> the internet as we know it today bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service back in the 1930's and 1940's and 1950's. what the courts have said and what...
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with this invasion, which is based, as secretary kerry as stated, on a trumped up set of pretenses, russia has shown its utter contempt for those core principles, indeed, for the entire osce process. and not only the osce, but the 1994 budapest memorandum signed by the united states and united kingdom, russia and ukraine that provides security assurances for the ukraine, the 1997 ukraine-russia bilateral treaty, and the u.n. charter and other international agreements. russia's military invasion of ukraine is also a gross violation of the vienna document and mechanisms which govern military relations in arms control. so let's examine vladimir putin's justification for this unprovoked invasion. he claims there is a need to protect russian interests and the rights of russian-speaking minorities. they characterize it as a human rights protection mission. that is clearly not. russia officials fail to show any real evidence that the rights of ethnic russians in crimea where they actually constitute a majority and have the most clout politically and ukraine at large have been violated. in fact, t
with this invasion, which is based, as secretary kerry as stated, on a trumped up set of pretenses, russia has shown its utter contempt for those core principles, indeed, for the entire osce process. and not only the osce, but the 1994 budapest memorandum signed by the united states and united kingdom, russia and ukraine that provides security assurances for the ukraine, the 1997 ukraine-russia bilateral treaty, and the u.n. charter and other international agreements. russia's military invasion...
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recent article i read suggested ukraine needs our assistance way beyond the $1 billion which secretary kerry has talked about in his visit. but in order to achieve that, they're going to have to make some significant and maybe unpopular reforms in their economy, in their gas program and the like. it's tricky. to do that runs the risk of a popular backlash against these reforms but without the reforms, there could be no meaningful aid package. we need to stand with ukraine and ukraine needs to stand for the reforms necessary to strengthen their economy. this week i'm working with senators brown, shaheen, wicker, king, collins and warren warner to condemn the russian action in crimea. there's more to be done. senator menendez talked -- the aid and the sanctions that may be necessary. i sincerely hope the sanctions won't be necessary. i hope vladimir putin and the russians understand they cannot show this kind of aggression toward crimea without a cost. but i hope they'll do it soon so that we can see the return of stability to ukraine. ukraine is a critically important country, the second larg
recent article i read suggested ukraine needs our assistance way beyond the $1 billion which secretary kerry has talked about in his visit. but in order to achieve that, they're going to have to make some significant and maybe unpopular reforms in their economy, in their gas program and the like. it's tricky. to do that runs the risk of a popular backlash against these reforms but without the reforms, there could be no meaningful aid package. we need to stand with ukraine and ukraine needs to...
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secretary kerry has rightly called these barrel bomb attacks unacceptable and barbaric. the primary architect of these crimes is bashar al-assad, but he has a patron who funds and supports what he does and who has the ability to stop the atrocities. russia is assad's principal support. since the start of the syrian war, russia has shoang it is complicit in these war crimes but it is also capable of stopping them. in the united nations russia has used its veto power and threat of veto on the security council numerous times to block action to help the syrian people. three of these vetoes were used, mr. president, to block basic humanitarian aid. what possible reason could any civilized nation have to denying war victims food and medical supplies? but russia has shown that it can be persuaded or shamed into taking action to try to promote basic safety of syrian citizens. in august, with the threat of u.s. military action to punish the assad regime for use of chemical weapons against its own civilians, russia realized that it could no longer be the sole global apologist for
secretary kerry has rightly called these barrel bomb attacks unacceptable and barbaric. the primary architect of these crimes is bashar al-assad, but he has a patron who funds and supports what he does and who has the ability to stop the atrocities. russia is assad's principal support. since the start of the syrian war, russia has shoang it is complicit in these war crimes but it is also capable of stopping them. in the united nations russia has used its veto power and threat of veto on the...
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secretary kerry is engaged with discussions with all parties to pursue that path. but if this violation of international law continues, it will result in the united states and our allies and the international community's resolve being firm. we support the people of ukraine. one last point, there has been talking in congress about these issues. today i call on congress to follow us on -- follow up on these words with actions, to support the imf's capacity to lead resources to ukraine and provide assistance for the ukrainian government so they can and stabilizetorm the economy, make needed reforms, deliver for their people, all of which will provide a smoother pathway for the elections that have been scheduled in may. today the world can see the united states is united with our allies in upholding international law and pursuing a just outcome that advances global security and the future of ukrainian people. that is what we will continue to do in the days to come until we have seen the resolution to this crisis. thanks very much. others will be happy to take your ques
secretary kerry is engaged with discussions with all parties to pursue that path. but if this violation of international law continues, it will result in the united states and our allies and the international community's resolve being firm. we support the people of ukraine. one last point, there has been talking in congress about these issues. today i call on congress to follow us on -- follow up on these words with actions, to support the imf's capacity to lead resources to ukraine and provide...
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i am pleased that president obama and secretary kerry have also spoken out forcefully in condemning violence in venezuela. let me be clear, it is not just the united states that is taking notice of recent events in venezuela. the inter-american commission on human rights released a statement on february 14 which, i quote, expresses its concerns over the serious incidents of violence in a have taken place in the context of protests demonstrations in venezuela as well as other complaints concerning acts of censorship against media outlets and acts of alleged political persecution. unquote. last week the european parliament passed a resolution calling on the venezuelan government to release jailed opposition members and protesters and to end the violence. i hope all member states of the o.a.s., the organization for american states, will similarly call on the venezuelan government to abide by the o.a.s. convention on human rights and the inter inter-american democratic charter. finally, let me say the only way out of this crisis is through dialogue. our resolution makes it absolutely clear by en
i am pleased that president obama and secretary kerry have also spoken out forcefully in condemning violence in venezuela. let me be clear, it is not just the united states that is taking notice of recent events in venezuela. the inter-american commission on human rights released a statement on february 14 which, i quote, expresses its concerns over the serious incidents of violence in a have taken place in the context of protests demonstrations in venezuela as well as other complaints...